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USGS 094196781 FLAMINGO WASH AT NELLIS BLVD NR LAS VEGAS, NV

 

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  STATION.--094196781 FLAMINGO WASH AT NELLIS BOULEVARD NEAR LAS VEGAS, NV
LOCATION.--Lat 36°08'32", long 115°03'55", in NE 1/4 NE 1/4 sec.8, T.21 S., R.62 E., Clark County, Hydrologic Unit 15010015, on west side of concrete box culvert on Nellis Boulevard, and 0.25 mi north of Sahara Avenue.
DRAINAGE AREA.--215 mi2.
PERIOD OF RECORD.--March 1988 to current year. Water year 1988-89 not published but are available in files of the U.S. Geological Survey. Computations of 1988 water year did not include daily base flow.
GAGE.--Water-stage recorder and recording tipping bucket rain gage with 0.04 inch increment. Elevation of gage is 1,730 ft above NGVD of 1929, from topographic map.
REMARKS.--See schematic diagram of Colorado River Basin.
REVISIONS.--WDR NV-96-1: 1995.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--Maximum discharge, 5,600 ft3/s, July 8, 1999, gage height, 15.43 ft, on basis of slope-area measurement of peak flow; maximum gage height, 15.90 ft, June 10, 1990; minimum daily, 1.4 ft3/s, November 3, 1991 and May 12, 1998. Maximum daily precipitation, 1.52 inches, June 10, 1990 and February 8, 1993.
FLOOD STAGE.--NOAA, National Weather Service river forecast station flood stage is 16.0 ft, accessed on September 11, 2003, at URLhttp://www.cbrfc.noaa.gov/river/station/flowplot/flowplot.cgi?FWNN2
 
 

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Gage height, feet
Most recent value: 10.47   11-19-2004  16:30
Graph of Gage height, feet
Download a presentation-quality graph Parameter Code 00065; DD 01

Discharge, cubic feet per second
Most recent value: 5.9   11-19-2004  16:30
Graph of Discharge, cubic feet per second
Download a presentation-quality graph Parameter Code 00060; DD 02
Daily mean flow statistics for 11/19 based on 15 years of record in ft3/sec
Current Flow Minimum Mean Maximum 80 percent exceedance 50 percent exceedance 20 percent exceedance
5.9  4.4 6.99 10 5.52 7.00 8.32

Percent exceedance means that 80, 50, or 20 percent of all daily mean flows for 11/19 have been greater than the value shown.
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